In 2014, the University of Milan’s department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage continued work on the Bronze Age site of Lavagnone at Desenzano del Garda.

Firstly, work to improve and render the area safe was undertaken aimed towards the protection and conservation of the context, and in preparation for possible actions to enhance the site and open it to visitors. In fact, since 2011 the site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List of Alpine Prehistoric Palafitte Sites (site identification code: IT-LM-01).
Secondly, excavations continued in sector E.

Excavations took place in the northernmost part of the sector, with the aim of bringing the entire excavation area into phase and link up with the adjacent sector C. Therefore, work was undertaken in quadrants D-M 27 – 38, an overall area of 64 m2.
A series of layers characterised by cobbles and abundant materials (pottery and faunal remains) were excavated, probably evidence of land reclamation. In the south-western part of the sector, excavated in previous years, these layers sealed the anaerobic peat (gyttja – lacustrine mud)) deposit from which the heads of the posts from an underlying palafitte emerged. The layers produced finds attributable to the early phases of the Middle Bronze Age.